Agree with this from Iain MacWhirter
https://iainmacwhirter.substack.com/p/get-back-its-ok-to-be-muslim-but
Nope - he's missing the point.
The difference between Yousaf and Forbes isn't that one is muslim and one is christian - no the difference, as it seems to me, are their personal views and also their indication of whether they would legislate on the basis of those views, where they align with a religious orthodoxy. From what I've seen Forbes personal views are pretty extreme and she has also indicated that her religious views are more important than her political views and that she would have voted against, for example gay marriage. By contrast Yousaf's personal views, as far as I can see are far more socially liberal and I know there has been a bit of a row over why he wasn't present for the final vote on gay marriage, but he certainly voted in favour of it earlier on and he certainly didn't vote against as Forbes said she would have done.
So the lazy comparison of muslim vs christian doesn't stack up. It is Yousaf vs Forbes, not muslim vs christian. If you want a comparison you'd need to compare Forbes with a muslim with similar personal views to her and a similar desire to bring those views into her or his political decision making. Not sure we have an easy comparison there in the SNP.
Or you'd need to compare Yousaf with a christian with socially liberal views and a willingness to bring those views into his or her political decision making. Oh, how fortunate, we have a perfect comparison - Ian Blackford, from the same church as Forbes yet socially liberal and willing to support socially liberal political decisions. Have Blackford and Yousaf had radically different treatment linked to their religion - nope - so it isn't about muslim vs christian but the actual views and actions of the individuals who may be muslim or christian.
So his headline:
'it’s ok to be Muslim but not Christian in the SNP' - is totally wrong, as Blackford and I guess a whole raft of other christians in the SNP would demonstrate. I think the point is that it is OK to be socially liberal in the SNP but not socially conservative - and a socially conservative muslim would probably get as much flak as Forbes, just as a social liberal christian (Blackford) gets as little flak as Yousaf.